Find Symbol Results Window

The Find Symbol Results window displays a summary of the results for searches performed in the Find Symbol dialog box. For each result, you may see:

• The name of the symbol.
• The source file containing the symbol and the line number within it. (Displays only when the source code for the symbol is available.)

For example, a search for MyObject might display the following results:

  MyObject - C:\Visual Studio Projects\Project1\MyObject.cpp(29)

You can navigate to the symbol in code by either double-clicking the result or by choosing Goto Definition from its context menu. For external components, you can browse to their definition in the Object Browser from here as well. If references are available for symbol, you can expand the node to see its uses in code.

Right-clicking a result in the Find Symbol Results window displays a context menu that contains one or more of the following commands:

• Go To Definition—Takes you to the definition of the symbol in the code if available.
• Go To Declaration—Takes you to the declaration of the symbol in the code, if available. This is available only for symbols in Visual C++ projects.
• Browse Definition—Takes you to the primary node (typically top level) for the symbol in the Object Browser.

In addition, if references are available for the symbol, you can expand the result node to see its uses in code and navigate to them.